A new-born baby being baptised by a midwife in the mother's bedroom. Etching by B. Picart.

  • Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733.
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A new-born baby being baptised by a midwife in the mother's bedroom. Etching by B. Picart. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The midwife, aided by the gossips (god-siblings), baptises the baby in the home while the anxious father wearing his night cap comforts the mother who is in bed

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1 print : etching ; image 15 x 20.2 cm

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Le baptême administré par la sage-femme.

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Wellcome Collection 28945i

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